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SMOOTH LANDING (FOR NOW)

At Logan airport, a weekend of relief after a week of chaos WORDS AND PHOTOS BY JOSHUA EATON (Spanish Version Here) Azi Torkamani was skeptical when she heard that a federal court order in Massachusetts had temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s 90-day ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran. Torkamani’s

JOSHUA EATON February 6, 2017

SPECIAL REJECTION

Election officials can’t stop this East Boston activist from running for State Senate When nine-year First Suffolk and Middlesex State Sen. Anthony Petruccelli announced his resignation last December, Latino voters in the lawmaker’s disjointed district — which includes slices of Chinatown, East Boston, and the North End in the Hub, as well as

CHRIS FARAONE June 5, 2016

IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP OF CAMBRIDGE PROVIDES MODEL FOR MUNICIPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM

Joint Committee Meeting of the Cambridge City Council to Discuss Immigrant Representation and Resources, May 12, 2016. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2016 Jason Pramas. May 23, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS We live in strange times. On the one hand, the United States is a more diverse society than

JASON PRAMAS May 23, 2016

OF BOLIVAR AND BOSTON

Social and economic insecurity in Caracas has a significant impact on Venezuelans in Massachusetts One late March morning, corridos — the socially conscious ballads popular throughout Central and Latin America — blared throughout the blue and gold basement chapel of Tremont Temple Baptist Church. About 21 people mingled around a table of coffee and breakfast

ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ May 12, 2016

THE DISAFFECTION OF TIBETAN ELECTIONS

‘I’m just trying to voice my support for all the 6 million [Tibetans inside Tibet] who can’t speak up for their basic human rights’ Lhadolma Sherpa wasn’t bothered by the rain on Boston Common as she led fellow Tibetans in chants of “China lies, Tibetans die” and “China lies, the UN

JOSHUA EATON March 30, 2016

TOO LEGIT TO QUIT

The Hub’s unlicensed radio stations spin their wheels in the face of adversity With Santa’s helpers all around and kids holding slices of pizza, a toy drive at a union hall is a strange place for Team Jerk to be spinning. A partnership of three area DJs, the crew represents

BASIM USMANI February 29, 2016

STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’

Image by Kent Buckley January 13, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over 100,000 undocumented immigrants from Central America have entered the US since 2014—seeking to escape what the mainstream media like to vaguely call “violence and political instability.” And they have been living in abject terror since the Obama administration’s

JASON PRAMAS January 13, 2016

BEYOND REMITTANCE

Boston’s Haitian and Haitian-American activists fight for justice across borders and generations Rodline Louijeune still tears up when she talks about the earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010. She had visited Port-au-Prince just a few months before to see her uncle. While she was born and raised in Boston,

JOSHUA EATON December 11, 2015

BETWEEN THE BALLOT BOX AND BOGOTA

Part I in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series (Click Here For Spanish Version) Ona recent cold Sunday evening in mid-November, Oscar Gutierrez landed at Logan Airport and immediately hopped on the Blue Line toward East Boston. In a rush and

ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ November 24, 2015